Integrated HP NetRAID Controller Config. Guide

3 Configuration Overview

To configure your integrated HP NetRAID controller, you need to perform the

following steps. Steps A through M are described in Chapters 4 through 7 of this

guide.

Step A. Plan Your Hardware (Chapter 4

and Worksheet A)

Step H. Decide I

O Operation or Non-

O Operation (Chapter 6)

Step B. Plan Arrays and Logical Drives

(Chapter 4 and Worksheets A

and B)

Step I. Use HP NetServer Navigator

CD-ROM to Prepare Diskettes

(Chapter 6)

Step C. Verify Hardware Setup

(Chapter 5)

Step J. Install NOS and HP NetRAID

Drivers (Chapter 6)

Step D. Enable Integrated HP NetRAID

Controller (Chapter 5)

Step K. Install NOS-specific

Configuration Utility (Chapter 6)

Step E. Launch HP NetRAID Assistant

(Chapter 5)

Step L. Run HP NetRAID Express Tools

(Chapter 6)

Step F. Configure Arrays and Logical

Drives (Chapter 5)

Step M. (Optional) Prepare for Online

Capacity Expansion (Chapter 7)

Step G. Save Configuration and

Initialize (Chapter 5)

Once you have configured your HP NetRAID system, refer to Chapter 8,

"Managing Servers over the Network," and the HP NetRAID Series User Guide

for information on managing your controller from a remote location.

If you have configured and are operating a one-channel HP NetRAID system, and

later you want to configure a second channel, follow the steps in Chapter 9, "For

HP NetServer LH 3/3r and LH 4/4r, Configuring a Second Channel."

Chapter 10, "Understanding HP NetRAID Utilities," provides menu maps for the

three utilities that are available to manage your HP NetRAID system.